After some discussion, the Khalifah asked if he had any need. Hadhrat Daawood Taai said: “Yes, I want you to bring for me a bag of flour which you should carry on your head.” Surprised at this queer request, Haroon Ar- Rashid said: “I shall bring it during the nightRead More →
QAADHI Shamsuddeen was a famous Buzrug during the Uthmaani (Ottoman) Khilaafate. Once in his court the Sultan had to appear to testify in a certain matter. After the Sultan had testified, the Qaadhi rejected his testification (shahaadat). Afterwards when the Sultan had queried the reason for the rejection of hisRead More →
There was a Sayyid who was living in a hut near to the sea. His condition was indeed wonderful. During the fifteen years he lived in the hut, he did not even take a rest. He was perpetually engrossed in ibaadat. Once he had made wudhu only one time inRead More →
THE MINOR SON of Hadhrat Umar Bin Abdul Azeez was crying profusely a few days before Eidul Fitr. He complained to his mother that the parents of all the neighbourhood children had bought new Eid clothes for them. The boy therefore cried by his mother for new clothes. She assuredRead More →
WHENEVER A policeman or tax collector or some security officer would pass near to Hadhrat Sufyaan Thauri (rahmatullah alayh), he (Hadhrat Sufyaan) would fall into Sajdah and supplicate: “Shukr unto Allah Ta’ala who has not made me a policeman or a tax collector.” Then he would comment to his associates:Read More →
BARKAT OF AASHURA A Muslim prisoner escaped from the kuffaar on the Day of Aashura. A search party was pursuing him. The searchers reached his location during the night time. From his concealed position, the Muslim supplicated: “O Allah! By the barkat of this Day save me from the kuffaar.”Read More →
PROCLAIMING THE HAQQ Addressing the cruel, blood thirsty tyrannical ruler, Hajjaaj Bin Yusuf, Hadhrat Hasan Basri (rahmatullah alayh) said: “O enemy of Allah! We have seen whatever you have fabricated. O you who fans the flames of fisq and fujoor (evil and immorality)! O you devotee of sin and transgression!Read More →
SERVANTS OF THE AULIYA Once Hadhrat Sahl Bin Abdullah (Rahmatullah Alayh) found himself in a lonely, secluded wilderness where he experienced a wonderful state of peace and tranquillity. It was time for Salaat. Although he was in the state of wudhu, it was his permanent practice to renew wudhuRead More →
MOTHER IS YOUR NAFL HAJJ A man left from the City of Farghaanah (in Central Asia) with the intention of performing Nafl Hajj. When he reached Nishapur, he went to visit Hadhrat Abu Uthmaan Al-Khairi (rahmatullah alayh). He made Salaam, but Hadhrat Abu Uthmaan did not respond. Feeling annoyed, theRead More →
THE TAQWA OF IMAAM ABU HANIFAH Once on an intensely hot day, Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh) and Imaam Abu Yusuf (rahmatullah alayh) were passing through the streets of the market place. Due to the intensity of the heat, Imaam Abu Hanifah walked close to the rows of shops soRead More →